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have to keep our eye on the mark: relationships. Like I said, I appreciated
the movie’s candid treatment of this topic. It played hardball
with my pride and immaturity. It forced me to face my own ambitions
and ask, “At what cost?” |
(2004) Film Review by Melinda Ledman |
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—Overview
—Review by Melinda Ledman
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film
—Spiritual Connections
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| CREDITS |
| Directed by Kevin Smith
Screenplay by Kevin Smith
Producers
Phil Benson ... associate producer
Laura Greenlee ... co-producer
Laura Greenlee ... line producer
Scott Mosier ... producer
Kevin Smith ... executive producer
Cast - in credits order
Betty Aberlin ... Teacher
Matt McFarland ... Boy #1
Paulie Litowsky ... Bryan
Christian Fan ... Boy #3
William Mace ... Boy #5
Raquel Castro ... Gertie Trinke
Ben Affleck ... Ollie Trinke
Jennifer Schwalbach ... Susan
Jennifer Lopez ... Gertrude Steiney
George Carlin ... Bart Trinke
Stephen Root ... Greenie
Mike Starr ... Block
Jason Biggs ... Arthur Brickman
Liv Tyler ... Maya
Charles Gilbert ... Sweeney Todd
Original Music by James L. Venable
Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by Scott Mosier and Kevin Smith
MPAA: Rated PG-13 on appeal for language and sexual content including frank dialogue.
Runtime: 102 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM, and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG |
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| SYNOPSIS |
 Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a smooth and successful Manhattan music publicist who seems to have it all. When his perfect life is suddenly tragically upended - leaving him as a single father unqualified for the role - he snaps.
Before long Ollie's big city life is a memory. Out of a job and out of luck, he reluctantly moves in with his father (George Carlin) back home to the New Jersey suburb where he was raised. It is the lowest point in his life. Just ask him.
The years pass and with them Ollie's plans for his future. Stuck in an unexciting, dead-end job, he sees no way out and no way back to the life he used to love. But he adores his young daughter Gertie (Raquel Castro), and she loves their life in the 'burbs. To her, Jersey is paradise.
While renting Gertie's favorite movie for the zillionth time one day, Ollie meets Maya (Liv Tyler), who challenges his priorities and perspective. He begins to realize that sometimes you have to forget about who you thought you were, accept who you are and acknowledge what makes you happy.
A dramatic comedy from writer/director, Kevin Smith, JERSEY GIRL reveals the honest, heartfelt and often amusing story about the man who wanted it all but got all that he needed.
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by MELINDA LEDMAN
HJMLedman@yahoo.com.
Melinda Ledman is a graduate
of Baylor University with a Bachelor’s degree in English.
During college, she worked on the film Letter From Waco (director
Don Howard), which won the award for best documentary feature in
the 1997 South by Southwest Film Festival. After she and her husband
Rob had their first child in September 2002, she began free-lance
writing full time. In addition to writing reviews, she most enjoys
writing original screenplays. She gratefully serves God after 12
years of alcoholism, and appreciates grace and freedom on a whole
new level. |
 I
didn’t love Jersey Girl as a whole, but the candid treatment
of the theme sent me home with a head full of thoughts and feelings.
Much like Cheaper by the Dozen,
this movie deals with the choice between real responsibilities
and real dreams. Ollie Trinke, the main character in the movie,
wants something he isn’t willing to take care of—a
child. His crisis of immaturity explodes when his wife dies during
childbirth, forcing him to make a choice. It’s a choice
everyone, mom or dad, makes when kids enter the picture.
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